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Supreme Court challenge to contraception care could impact LGBT community

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History may repeat itself in the LGBT community as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments this week in Zubik v. Burwell, the latest...

Pioneering PA company launches testing initiative

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One local company has made it possible to learn your HIV status within the privacy of your own bedroom, and recently launched a new...

Shots fired outside of Woody’s

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Shots were fired outside of Woody’s last weekend, and the gunman remains at large. Police say the incident took place about...

New housing initiative to focus on young adults

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Entertainer Jon Bon Jovi will be in town next week to mark the opening of the JBJ Soul Homes — a residential community for...

Attorney: Gay-bashing civil trial could be 1-2 years away

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The victims of a 2014 gay-bashing case in Philadelphia have filed a civil suit against their attackers. Zachary Hesse and Andrew...

‘Runway’ star to promote ‘positive’ living at AIDS Walk

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After keeping his HIV diagnosis a secret for a decade, last fall “Project Runway” contestant Mondo Guerra shared his status on national television —...

Conservative group opposes LGBT-friendly state guidance

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The Pennsylvania Family Institute, a conservative faith-based group, is mobilizing people to resist proposed guidance by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission that would expand antibias protections...

CBLSL players headed to Gay Games

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Thanks to a donation from a longtime member of the City of Brotherly Love Softball League, the local LGBT softball association is in the...

HIV travel ban to be lifted, Ryan White CARE Act reauthorized

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Beginning in the new year, travelers who have HIV/AIDS will no longer be prevented from entering the United States. The Obama...

Marshals ready to parade their pride

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When the Pride Parade sets off later this month, it will be led by two grand marshals — Robert Winn and Dr. ...

Celebration, community networking expected at OutFest

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More than 40,000 people are expected to attend OutFest this weekend, said Philly Pride Presents Executive Director Franny Price.  The 27th-annual...

Students organize speed-friending brunch for older adults

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Regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, older adults don’t want to feel like they’ve lost connection with their community, said Robin Goldberg-Glen, professor...

State lawmakers pass clean CHIP bill but some are ‘raging’

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In a unanimous vote this week, the state House of Representatives passed a funding-renewal bill for the state's Children's Health Insurance Program that doesn't...

Employer defends refusal to offer DP benefits

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The Allegheny Intermediate Unit, an educational-services provider based in Homestead, filed court papers last month defending its refusal to offer domestic-partnership benefits. ...

LGBT health org. marks milestone

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This month marks the 35th anniversary of one of Philadelphia’s leading LGBT community organizations, Mazzoni Center. “It has been an incredible...

LGBT-friendly charter school proposed

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An application will be submitted to the Philadelphia School District’s Charter School Office next month that proposes the creation of a new charter school...

Police didn’t report gay bashing as bias incident

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It was a crime that jolted the city. On Sept. 11, two gay men were walking in Center City to get...

Former colleagues testify for lesbian flight nurse

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TACOMA, Wash. — A lesbian flight nurse discharged from the Air Force under the government’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for gays...

A reluctant hero accepts award in Philly

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The LGBT community needs more role models like Daniel Hernandez. The openly gay intern is widely credited with saving Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’...

Ellis Ginsberg, William Way volunteer, 80

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Ellis Ginsberg, a longtime volunteer and senior-programming pioneer at the William Way LGBT Community Center, died Aug. 27. He was 80. Ginsberg...

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